Heart Month 2023
Heart Month at Joe DiMaggio Children's Hospital was amazing!
Florida Heart Research Foundation is so proud to sponsor Heart Month at Joe Di Maggio Children's Hospital and we thank everyone there for organizing all of the incredible activities and goodies for all of the in-patients and out-patients and their families, including the JDCH Heart Walk in the hospital! We thank all of the doctors, nurses, staff, family members and most of all, the children and look forward to partnering on future projects with JDCH to continue to support these efforts to put a smile on the faces of young patients affected by heart disease.
❤❤ We'd also like to send a huge shout out to everyone at JDCH that switched to our 'Stop Heart Disease' specialty license plate! Proceeds raised by the sale of our specialty license plate are used to support cardiovascular programs within the State of Florida to further understand heart disease and is causes, treatment, cure and prevention. ❤❤
Vertilux Ltd. Step Challenge - Third Edition was a Huge Success!
We cannot thank Vertilux enough for once again graciously choosing Florida Heart as the recipient of their "Steps Challenge" contest which is a 22-day walking challenge to encourage the Vertilux staff to keep active and moving by walking more. This year, all of their offices from their local office in Doral, Florida, to their worldwide offices, participated in the contest where their employees received $1 per 1000 steps made in 22 days and which Vertilux matched the total amount of the prizes to donate to Florida Heart. The participants total amount of steps was 9,647,180 which is the equivalent of 4,823 miles! Their employees and organization raised an incredible $5,727.56 to benefit Florida Heart Research Foundation!
Miami Heart Day Symposium at FIU
The Department of Biomedical Engineering at FIU established the Miami Heart Month to coincide with the American Heart Month recognized nationally by the Florida Heart Research Foundation, AHA, CDC and NHLBI. The
event was an opportunity for students and faculty from around the country to learn and have discussions on the current research and challenges being addressed in cardiovascular medicine. Thank you to: Drs. Hutcheson & Ramaswamy and PhD Candidates Daniel Chaparro, Valentina Dargam, Perony Nogueira & Mohammad Shaver as we are proud to support their research at FIU, Claudia Correa, certified Health and Wellness Coach on behalf of Florida Heart for serving on the panel discussion and the Biomed Engineering Department for the award given to us in recognition and appreciation for our commitment to advancing cardiovascular research and participation in their annual Miami Heart Day Symposium! Stay tuned for next year's Heart Day Symposium as plans are underway to grow its community outreach area outside of researchers at FIU to promote more general awareness on cardiovascular health and cardiovascular research!
Pinellas County Tax Collector Offices
Thank you to everyone at the Pinellas County Tax Collector Offices for supporting Florida Heart once again during Heart Month by promoting our Stop Heart Disease specialty license plate. Proceeds raised by the sale of our plate are used to support cardiovascular programs within the State of Florida to further understand heart disease and its causes, treatment, cure and prevention. We are so grateful to all of you for choosing Florida Heart to represent during Heart Month!
Thank you to Broward Tag and Title in Pembroke Pines & Baumgardner Auto Tag Agency in Miami for promoting our Stop Heart Disease specialty license plate in their offices!
Heart Month 2022
Florida Heart Research Foundation is collaborating with
Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital for Heart Month with many interactive activities and gift giveaways for the Kids! We are sponsoring the items above and are asking for your support to match our funds and double the FUN for these children affected by heart disease. Your donation is truly appreciated!
Thank you to everyone who got involved!
Want to host an event for Heart Month 2022? Contact us to apply by emailing miamiheart@floridaheart.org.